Theorizing Improved NLP Features for Promoting Behavior that Supports CMC Users’ Subjective Well-Being

Authors

  • Sarah E. Cornwell The University of Western Ontario
  • Nicole S. Delellis University of Western Ontario
  • Dominique Kelly University of Western Ontario https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1222-6237
  • Yifan Liu University of Western Ontario
  • Alexander Mayhew University of Western Ontario
  • Yimin Chen The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
  • Victoria L. Rubin University of Western Ontario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1937

Keywords:

Subjective Well-Being, Natural Language Processing, Computer Mediated Communication

Abstract

This work-in-progress identifies gaps in the current Natural Language Processing (NLP) approaches for pro-social communication detection by organizing the state-of-the-art NLP feature detection approaches according to models of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) from Positive Psychology. We need to better understand the current state of the field and what features of prosocial computer-mediated communication (CMC) we have yet to address. 

Théoriser les caractéristiques améliorées du NLP pour promouvoir un comportement qui favorise le bien-êtresubjectif des utilisateurs de communcation virtuelle

Résumé
Ce travail en cours identifie les lacunes dans l’approche actuelle de détection de la communication pro-social en organisant les approches de détection des caractéristiques de l’état de l’art NLP selon les modèles du bien-être subjectif (Subjective Well-being, SWB) en psychologie positive. Nous devons mieux comprendre l’état actuel du domaine et quelles caractéristiques de la communication prosociale assistée par ordinateur (computer-mediated communication, CMC) n’ont pas encore été abordées.

Mots-clés
bien-être subjectif; processus de langage naturel; communication prosociale assistée par ordinateur

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2025-05-23

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Cornwell, S. E., Delellis, N. S., Kelly, D., Liu, Y., Mayhew, A., Chen, Y., & Rubin, V. L. (2025). Theorizing Improved NLP Features for Promoting Behavior that Supports CMC Users’ Subjective Well-Being. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS Actes Du congrès Annuel De l’ACSI. https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1937

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